GOOD Talks: Lawrence Lessig on Money and Political Corruption

Harvard law professor and political activist Lawrence Lessig has made it his mission to fight the corrupting influence of money in government. He's the founder of Rootstrikers, a nonprofit devoted to reforming a political system in which ordinary people no longer have influence. He's also the author of the recent Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress—and a Plan to Stop It, which looks at how wealthy special interests and changes in campaign finance laws have brought America to the position it is in today.

Lessig recently stopped by GOOD's headquarters and explained the problem as he sees it. "196 Americans have contributed 80% of the money that has gone into Super PACs so far," he says. "Forget the 1%, that's the .0000063%."